• FastTracks backtrack
• Closing a terrible chapter in history
• The VA wrangle
• For Obama, Afghanistan still the central front

• AT ISSUE: DPS ProComp proposal retreats from accountability
• Pickens' plan
• I'll believe it when I see it
• Grass is greener in private sector

• SPEAKOUT: Midway in first term, Ritter struggles
• Oil and gas can serve as bridge to alternatives
• SPEAKOUT: What's driving the asphalt shortage
• Clark did no damage to McCain

• CAMPOS: The virtue of Wikipedia
• CARROLL: Gore's nutty idea
• KRAUTHAMMER: The great and powerful Obama
• SALZMAN: Stations put campaign ads to test